The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30
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OY THE Days ETENTS.

Interstate ComInerce-Nr. Lamar-Read
ing Railroad strike-Hard Road for the
Ecpublicaus-"Trustc" and Monopoly.
Government Buildings.
The sudden collapse of the strike Of
the employees Of the Reading railroad
com any is a severe lesson TO the rash
men who originated it They have found
ont that even when backed by an oath
bound secret organization a strike, in
order TO be- effective, must also have be-
hind 10 a rational cause of quarrel. The
Reading stgike was not begun 10 secure
"A rcmedy for any injustice done; IL was
au attempt 20 make the Reading Com
pany the medium for inflicting an injury
upon is consignees and persons In their
employ working for wages satisfactory
10 themselves, but not 10 the strikers.
The instantaneous breakdown which has
resulted did not come from any popular
sympathy with the Reading railroad
cOmpany-it is not in a situation TO com
mand popular %sympalhy-it came from a
general apprehension Of the folly OF
bringing on a great Inconvenience as a
means OF %remedying a irifiBg inconye-
uiencc. The strikers asked the Reading
Company TO do what it had 10 right TO
do, and what the strikers had no right 10
do, aud what neither the one party nor
the other should have the right to do
P'lh Eec0rd.
Those who look at the political situa-
ton with patriotic feelings regret the
sentiment which in many sections is de.
v~clOping in regard TO the confirmation Of
Mr.. J. mar TO the Supreme Bench. ii is
not in itself an essential question, as the
Supreme Court will continue TO be a rep
resentalive tribunal whether Mr.. Lamar
is a member or not. And the Herad is
decidedly in favor Of the rejection Of Mr..
Lamar. no matter what social, personal,
or political claims may sustain him,
unless the appointment is fit 10 be made.
We should view his rejection for due
cause as a wholesome act of Senatorial
independence, something 10 be welcomed
at a time when it seems TO be the ETH
queile Of all powers in the Government
10 defer 90 the EXecutiye.-N. !. Hfrdd.
Il may be well to epumerate some OF
the articles upon which trusts" pools"
and combinations are putting up
prices with the help Of the tariff. On
Lad the duty is GS91 per cent. Last fall
whcr the National Lead Trust was or
ganizcd. a journal published in the inter-
est of the combination said The pres
cnt price of lead is about as high as 1t
can be- 10 maintain its standing in the
market as against the imported article,
and The aim Of the syndicate will be to
keep mp tbs price" But the trust has
not been content 20 " keep up the price
TO the top level OF the tariff wall, but has
already put il higher. Linseed oil, If inn
ported, pays an average duty Of $40 per
cent, and there is a trust in the West to
control tho Western oil market. Paper
bags used by gr0cers pay a duty OF 30
per cent; there is accordingly a paper
bag trust. On paving pitch there is a
duty Of 20 per cent, and a trust to keep
the price as high as that duty will allow.
-B3t0 SIN.
The London SLIhQ1fQ commenting on
Tie recent reduction in Irish rents,
says 1t may be right in the
interest of peace to make a hap
hazard present to the tenants, but the
landlords have reason on their side in de-
claring that the boon ought not to be
given exclusively at their expense. The
sacrifice ought not to be allowed to pref
udice their interests when, if ever, their
are e~xtinguished by a purchase
scheme"
The Daily Neits says that by n strobe
the Government bias offended ali the
landlords and has done nothing to con
the tenants.-E1ehangS.
Judging from the number Of bills pre-
scented in the Senate before the holiday
recess for public buildings, the demands
for them will be particularly active du-
ring the present session. Bills aggrega-
ting 100000 have bodied up in the
Senate, and the House avalanche is yet to
come. The surplus in the Treasury has
a stimulating effect upon these measures.
Of them will be found entirely
proper the majority are frauds upon the
public.
1t is high time that the Federal build.
ing question was dealt with in a syste-
matte way with reference to the needs Of
the Government tusiness.-Ezchangs.
il Is in conclusion of the Interstate
Commission that the business
Of express companies which are indepen-
organized and operate under con
tracts for transportation with railroad
companies does not CONF under the reg
OF interstate commerce provided
for in the law. Where railroad cOmpa-
mics themselves carry on an express busi-
ness it is covered by the provisions OF
the act, and the commission considers it
practicable and desirable 10 extend those
provisions so as to cover interstate ex-
press business generally.-N y. Times.
Democratic organs are Just now making
much ado oyer the reported utterances of
Senator Cameron to the effect that the
Republicans will have a hard road to
travel in the next presidential cam
paign. But we do not perceive that there
l. null, a., u.baf tho pan ~rv1vapia Gana.